Thraka Grill is a street-food stop in Old Town, Heraklion.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: A pork gyros pita with everything on it
Tip: On Daskalogianni square, and it is the gyros stop the local food tours use rather than the seafront chains.
Address: Plateia Daskalogianni 1, Iraklio 712 01, Heraklion
Krasas grills on Leoforos Ikarou in Heraklion until three in the morning, the default late gyros stop for anyone heading home from the east.
Try: Gyros and grills
Order: A gyros pita on the way home from Ikarou
Tip: Open until 03:00, and there is a second Krasas near the airport in Nea Alikarnassos.
Savoidakis sells kalitsounia right across Heraklion, and a warm bag of the Cretan cheese pies is the best two euros you can spend near the Agora.
Try: Kalitsounia
Order: Kalitsounia, eaten warm out of the paper bag
Tip: The Dikaiosinis branch is the handiest for the Agora, and the pies come out through the morning.
Souvlaki Point grills skewers on Menelaou Parlama in Heraklion until one in the morning, a takeaway counter rather than a sit-down taverna room.
Try: Souvlaki
Order: Two pork skewers with pita and chips
Tip: Open until one in the morning most nights, and set up for takeaway rather than a sit-down meal.
Spiros Psitopoleio is the neighbourhood grill house on Christomichali Xilouri in Heraklion, selling meat by the portion to a mostly local queue.
Try: Grilled meats
Order: A mixed grill portion to take away
Tip: A neighbourhood psitopoleio on Christomichali Xilouri, which means grilled meat by the portion rather than by the plate.
Gyrogonia works the gyros spit on Christomichali Xilouri in Heraklion until midnight, a plain takeaway counter with prices that match the setting.
Try: Gyros
Order: A chicken gyros pita, wrapped to go
Tip: Two doors from Spiros on the same street, which makes the corner a useful late-night detour east of the centre.
Mavrokostas sells homemade Greek food on 62 Martiron in Heraklion through the small hours, long after every other kitchen in town has shut down.
Try: Homemade Greek food
Order: Whatever tray of homemade food is still hot
Tip: Open until six in the morning on weekdays and eight at weekends, which makes it the last kitchen standing in Heraklion.
Krasas grills on Leoforos Ikarou in Heraklion until three in the morning, the default late gyros stop for anyone heading home from the east.
Try: Gyros and grills
Order: A gyros pita on the way home from Ikarou
Tip: Open until 03:00, and there is a second Krasas near the airport in Nea Alikarnassos.
Savoidakis sells kalitsounia right across Heraklion, and a warm bag of the Cretan cheese pies is the best two euros you can spend near the Agora.
Try: Kalitsounia
Order: Kalitsounia, eaten warm out of the paper bag
Tip: The Dikaiosinis branch is the handiest for the Agora, and the pies come out through the morning.
